Four Programs Among Top 50 in Best Grad School Rankings

April 25, 2023 

BATON ROUGE, LA – In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the 2024 Best Engineering Graduate Schools, four of the LSU College of Engineering’s programs were ranked in the top 50 nationally among public institutions.

The petroleum engineering program was ranked 10th among publics, biological engineering was ranked 30th, civil engineering was ranked 41st, and chemical engineering was ranked 47th.

The full rankings are as follows:

  • College of Engineering – T-121 overall and T-86 among public institutions. Top program in Louisiana.

  • Biological/Agricultural Engineering – T-31 overall and T-30 among public institutions. Tied with Utah State University and ahead of fellow SEC institution the University of Missouri.

  • Chemical Engineering – T-72 overall and T-47 among public institutions. Tied with Tulane University, University of Kentucky, University of Oklahoma, Syracuse University, Texas Tech University, University of New Mexico, and Washington State University, among others.

  • Civil Engineering – T-60 overall and T-41 among public institutions (both improvements over last year’s ranking). Tied with the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska, and Case Western Reserve University.

  • Computer Science – T-105 and T-64 among public institutions (both improvements over last year’s rankings). Tied with the University of Missouri, University of Houston, University of South Florida, Rutgers University, Binghamton University—SUNY, and Brandeis University, among others

  • Electrical Engineering – T-112 overall and T-74 among public institutions. Tied with Mississippi State University, University of Missouri, University of Oklahoma, and West Virginia University, among others.

  • Industrial Engineering – T-79 overall and T-58 among public institutions (both improvements over last year’s rankings). Tied with Old Dominion University and the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

  • Mechanical Engineering – T-111 overall and T-73 among public institutions. Tied with Mississippi State University, University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Miami, among others.

  • Petroleum Engineering – 12th overall and 10th among public institutions.
     

The rankings were based on surveys by U.S. News with 220 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. Statistical data was collected in fall 2022 and early 2023. New this year, in rare cases where an active engineering school reported enough data to be eligible the previous year but did not complete a statistical survey this year, those schools were still ranked using their previous year’s data and marked as nonresponders in the directory. Additionally, weighting of ranking criteria was changed from last year and was as follows:

  • Research activity (50%, previously 25%).
  • Quality Assessment (25%, previously 40%).
  • Faculty Resources (20%, previously 25%).
  • Student Selectivity (5%, previously 10%).

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